I was working as a sports reporter and covered Georgia in 2004 when Odell was on the team with Thomas Davis. Odell bears a passing resemblance to Thomas Davis. Well, after the ‘Dawgs put a beatdown on Nick Saban’s LSU Tigers at Sanford Stadium in ’04, Davis and Thurman swapped jerseys in the postgame locker room. Most people who covered the team noticed and knew what was up, but all of the national media in town to cover the game had no idea. When you read the AP and out-of-town stories the next day, there were a lot of “Odell Thurman” quotes praising the play of Thomas Davis in the game, and a lot of “Thomas Davis” quotes praising the play of Odell Thurman. It was pretty funny stuff.

Also, I have no doubt that if Thomas Davis and Odell Thurman were on the 2017 UGA football team, they’d be ejected in the first quarter of every game. Those guys hit like nobody else I’ve ever seen… with the possible exception of Alec Ogletree.

Ahh, the ol lip jar that BVG had back in the day. These days BVG would be suspended 6 games for that. Problem with Blue was he bit on fakes far too much and was often a liability in pass coverage…but man he could hit. That hit on that AU WR in particular stands out.

I read a book by a guy hiking the AT and it has a passage about bear attacks, the jist being to run or not run if faced with a charging grizzly. Hos take: “You might as well run, it will give you something to do with the last seven seconds of your life”.
For some reason Greg Blue makes me think of that quote.

That was on tv for me but I’ve never forgotten it. And it wasn’t like the qb was a little guy. I think he was like 6’4″ 225. Talk about “boom mf!” All it needed was Chris Tucker: https://youtu.be/0yK4lxBarpE

No disrespect to Blue, Tree, Davis and Thurman….please see youtube hits for Reshad Jones. Before he was neutered by Richt for a devastating hit (and taunt), would likely have gone down as the baddest of all bad asses! His hit on J Balckmon in Stillwater could be heard at the opposite end of the field (I know…I was there….and I heard it).

1) there was a flag thrown on that play that was costly. It was bs, but still.

2) reshad will never get a pass from me for not making the tackle vs. Tech on their go ahead td in 2008. Talented guy. Apparently a decent pro, but he’s down the list among safeties for me. Sean Jones was the much better jones.

His 98 yard int return against AU in ’03 to preserve the shutout was the loudest I’ve ever heard Sanford. Yes, that includes the blackout game and others of note in recent years. What made that play so great was the sudden roar when the pass was tipped, followed by the int and return, in which the roar continued all the way down the field, including Odell losing steam at the end and almost getting caught.

I hope he has gotten past his numerous alcohol/anger issues . Probably has because most of us grow up eventually ….still what a total waste of talent
He should have gone to Carolina and see if Davis could have kept him focused. In the history of the UGA ballers, who could and would hurt you, he is top ten. Pound for pound I always liked Ben Smith and for us old farts Sylvester Bowler was scary…. not even allowed to practice because he kept hurting his teammates.

Quote Of The Day

“But outside of that, the biggest advantage you can have is have good leadership, have a veteran football team, and when you’ve got that, it doesn’t matter whether you have spring practice or not. When you don’t have that, it’s tougher, when you don’t have leadership and you don’t have the experience at certain positions.”— Kirby Smart, Dawgs247, 3/31/20